By: Matt Kenyon

Digital Editor Matt Kenyon is City AM's Digital Editor. He oversees digital strategy for editorial, whilst writing the odd feature for the paper and co-hosting the Business As Usual podcast. You can reach him at matt.kenyon@cityam.com

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Solar panels must be fitted on all new homes from 2027 in net zero push

May 1, 2025

New rules will mandate that housebuilders fit solar panels on the roofs of almost every new-build home from 2027, in a move slammed as an “ideological crusade”. According to a report in The Times, the policy change would add around £3,300 to the cost of building a semi-detached or terraced house, with a £4,000 premium [...]
Local elections 2025: Final polls show fractured public opinion

April 30, 2025

Thursday is the first major electoral test of a new political reality, with Reform UK looking to surge and the Conservatives facing crushing losses. These councils, last contested at the height of Boris Johnson’s post-Covid vaccine powers in 2021, present Kemi Badenoch’s party with a staggering number of seats to defend. Based on the current [...]
Tony Blair calls for Net Zero ‘reset’ in break with Miliband

April 30, 2025

Sir Tony Blair has called for a reset of “irrational” Net Zero plans, with an extended critique of the current state of the climate debate that has been seen as a direct rebuke to the energy secretary Ed Miliband. Blair, the last Labour leader to win an election before Sir Keir Starmer, cautioned in a [...]
Trump’s first 100 days: From stock market carnage to electing Carney

April 29, 2025

Tuesday marks President Trump’s second first 100 days. On 29 April 2017, pundits looked back at the opening of the then 45th President’s term as a period that had shaken presidential norms and perhaps lowered the tone. In comparison, these first three months have been an earthquake. Trump has shown himself willing to execute the [...]
Treasury to scrap valuation quango amid efficiency drive

April 28, 2025

The Valuation Office Agency will be folded into HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the tax minister has said, in the latest sign of the government’s efforts to trim away fat from the operations of the state. The arms length body responsible for valuing properties to determine tax rates, which spans £60bn worth of valuation each [...]
New data reveals VAT on school fees could hike costs by £75,000

April 28, 2025

The government’s policy of VAT on school fees would introduce a price hike in excess of £75,000 for families sending children to independent schools, according to new analysis by wealth manager Rathbones. According to the data, the average cost of sending a child to an independent day school for the duration of their time at [...]
As FTSE 100 pharma firms wait for a tariffs decision, what would drugs levies mean for consumers?

April 22, 2025

For FTSE 100 businesses navigating the shifting sands of Trump’s trade war, the uncertainty surrounding the tariffs has been almost as painful as the stock market shocks. The pharmaceutical industry has been left in a particularly agonising limbo: free, for now, from the 10 per cent baseline import tax, but the US President keeps making [...]
A game of chlorinated chicken: What is the price of a US-UK trade deal?

April 17, 2025

An economic deal between the UK and the US could be just weeks away. The Trump administration has made sweeping promises of a “90 deals in 90 days” package of bespoke arrangements. While deals with India, Japan and South Korea are expected to be done first, the UK is understood to be not far behind [...]
Government scrambles to swerve Trump pharma tariffs

April 16, 2025

A race against time is underway to shield the UK pharmaceutical sector from potentially swinging Trump tariffs on imported drugs. As it stands, there is an exemption for pharmaceuticals on the baseline 10 per cent tariffs for goods coming into the US. However, President Trump has warned that there will be tariffs on imported pharma [...]
Philip Green loses legal challenge over parliamentary privilege for court injunctions

April 8, 2025

A legal challenge lodged by Sir Philip Green to curb parliamentary privilege to name individuals shielded by court injunctions has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Eight ECHR justices ruled on Tuesday that Article 8 – “Right to respect for private and family life” – had not been breached. The Strasbourg [...]

Brentford in talks to host Shakhtar Donetsk Champions League fixtures

Brentford in talks to host Shakhtar Donetsk Champions League fixtures

City festival with comedy and line dancing arrives in Square Mile

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